Work & commute · Myrtletown

Work & commute in Myrtletown, CA

Most working residents leave Myrtletown for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Eureka (44%), Arcata (16%) and McKinleyville (3%). Half commute less than 3 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

94 of 1,707 working residents

Typical commute

3 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

13 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,613 Myrtletown residents head out of town to work, 94 work right here, and 1,167 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Myrtletown.

1,613live here, work elsewhere

94live and work here

1,167work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Myrtletown goes to work

Eureka1.4 mi away

44%748

Arcata5.9 mi away

16%266

Myrtletown (in town)right here

6%94

McKinleyville11.6 mi away

3%44

Fortuna13.9 mi away

2%39

Humboldt Hill5.8 mi away

2%34

Cutten1.7 mi away

2%30

Sacramento208.8 mi away

1%22

Redding93.6 mi away

1%18

San Francisco219.5 mi away

1%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

23%397

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Myrtletown commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

74%

17%

74%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Myrtletown is a commuter town

0.74jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.74 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Myrtletown are

1,261 jobs are based in Myrtletown. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Myrtletown’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Myrtletown

1,261 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Myrtletown residents hold

1,707 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−25%

Jobs based in Myrtletown, 2013 → 2023: 1,680 → 1,261. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.